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... cause him to slay his wife and children , and summons the Furies to execute her will : Revocabo in alta conditam caligine Ultra nocentum exsilia discordem Deam , Quam munit ingens montis oppositi specus . Educam , et imo Ditis e regno ...
... cause him to slay his wife and children , and summons the Furies to execute her will : Revocabo in alta conditam caligine Ultra nocentum exsilia discordem Deam , Quam munit ingens montis oppositi specus . Educam , et imo Ditis e regno ...
Page 72
... cause of the action together with the native Vice who is the actual cause of the action , and producing his curious combination of Vice - Revenge , partly a native device , partly a classical supernatural device , had attempted a union ...
... cause of the action together with the native Vice who is the actual cause of the action , and producing his curious combination of Vice - Revenge , partly a native device , partly a classical supernatural device , had attempted a union ...
Page 77
... cause certain actions which they actually did not cause , or as decorative devices having no organic position in the plot ; that they were not true revenge ghosts , only rarely even expressing a desire to secure vengeance . We have seen ...
... cause certain actions which they actually did not cause , or as decorative devices having no organic position in the plot ; that they were not true revenge ghosts , only rarely even expressing a desire to secure vengeance . We have seen ...
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action actually Agamemnon Alaham already Andrea Antonio apparition atmosphere avenge blood bloud Brutus Bussy Caesar causer characters chorus classical conjuring connection Corineus death devil doth dramatic dream dumb show earth Elizabethan English tendency English tragedies expository father Faustus frequently Friar furies ghosts and witches ghosts appear Gismond gnost Gorboduc Gorlois Hamlet hath haue heaven hell Hercules Hercules Oetaeus Horestes host inciting indicate King Kyd's Locrine Loue Medea merely midst Misfortunes of Arthur Mordred murder murther mythical motive native beliefs native tradition natural necromancy night Oedipus play playwrights Plutarch popular prologue purpose references revenge element revenge ghost revenge motive revenge play revenge tragedy Richard role says scene Scot seen Seneca's ghosts Senecan tragedy Shakespeare sonne sort soul Spanish Tragedy speech spirit stage Studley suggestion supernatural figures superstitions Tantalus thee things thou threats Thyestes torments translations Troades Ur-Hamlet vengeance Vindicta vnto vpon witchcraft wrath